Frugal is Back It's time to cut back or go home. Here's how to channel your inner miser--the right way.

As recessionary gale storms blow, entrepreneurs are reining in runaway costs. "Smart entrepreneurs are doing more with less," says Joseph R. Cardamone, president of the U.S. Federation of Small Businesses. "With diminished cash flow and tight credit, only those businesses that operate efficiently will survive this economic downturn, which may last several years." So if you're going to make like a bird and go cheap, these measures can help and range from relatively to totally painless.

Systemic Savings
Announce your plan to ration paperclips and watch employees use binder clips like they're going out of style. "Whatever savings you see from one-off efforts will be short-lived, while costs pop up elsewhere, like for binder clips," says Adam Hartung, managing partner of strategic business consulting firm Spark Partners.